There was a lot of camaraderie among the bands. I remember a lot of times when I'd be driving up Laurel Canyon and pass by the house where Frank Zappa was living and I'd just see people out on the porch playing guitars.

You can't have an all-girl band! They'll get pregnant, and they'll never stay together.

I don't think I came to music. I think music came to me - or was already embedded when I came into this sphere, this realm, this Earth.

Music saved my life. I mean, music is life. It is everything to me. It's why I can meet people - I was so shy as a kid, and when I started to write songs and perform them with my sister in front of the public, people started to talk to me, and that made me feel really good. Everything about it has always been positive.

Happiness is just a great equalizer. It's like water. You pour happiness liberally and all sorts of great things are going to happen.

If you can give people happiness, you're in their hearts. Now you can just start having conversations with people that you would not have had under other circumstances.

I came from the Philippines and Filipinos are incredibly musical. I mean the best cover bands in the world come from Manila!